Knockdown floor stand or similar article



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BY MPM A TTORNEYS.

Patented Oct. 2, 1934 PATENT OFFICE KNOCKDOWN FLOOR STAND R SIMILARARTICLE Abraham Barron,A New York, N. Y.

Application December 2 14 Claims.

This invention relates to knock-down articles constructed of paperboard, cardboard, corrugated paper board or other analogous inexpensivestock and While not restricted to such use, the

invention is particularly applicable to oor stands for receiving anddisplaying merchandise which is either dumped, set up, stacked orotherwise arranged in the article receiving portion thereof.

The invention broadly resides in the provision of a tubular body whichis so constructed and arranged as to provide, as an integral partthereof, completely concealed supporting portions for a panel which isremovably tted therein so as to dene, together with the body, a tray orequivalent receiver, possessing the requisite strength for the purposeintended.

More particularly the invention comprehends a knock-down article of theindicated character in which a tubi-form body is provided with integralinturned flaps at one end thereof, which flaps are slitted and scored todefine at intervals, inwardly directed supports upon which is rested aremovable bottom defining panel fitted within the body, the inturnedflaps providing a finished end-edge for the body and the said bottompanel coacting with the flanges to lock the same in their inturnedposition.

The invention, as adapted to a knock-down floor stand, provides atubular body equipped with supporting portions of the characterspecified, which body is capable of interchangeably receiving andsupporting bottom defining panels having avariety of superstructures andwhich bottom panels may either be offset to provide a. step portion orportions, or constructed so as to receive and support separatestep-forming portions upon which the merchandise is arranged fordisplay.

The invention further contemplates a knockdown floor stand or equivalentstructure, including a body equipped with supporting portions of theindicated character and a bottom defining panel removably fitted thereinand equipped with additional means for supporting the same within thebody.

Some of the objects of the invention are to provide an improved articleof the indicated character which includes a body structure havingsupporting portions and a removable bottom defining panel by virtue ofwhich the article may be made in a wide variety of designs and designeffects; which article is comparatively simple and not complicated inits construction; which article employs a minimum amount of stock andmay be economically produced and which may be readily 1, 1933, SerialNo. 703,397

set up by any one without requiring instructions, charts or diagrams.

With the above enumerated and other objects and advantages in view, theinvention is set forth in more detail in the following specification andaccompanying drawings in which is disclosed, by way of example, severalforms of the invention, while the appended claims cover othermodications which fall within the purview of the invention.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the invention as applied to a floorstand and showing the bottom defining panel provided with asuperstructure and a separate step-forming element.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional View therethrough.

Fig. 3 is a view of the blank from which the body is constructed.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary perspective view illustrating in detail themanner in which the bottom w panel supports are defined.

Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view through the body in collapsedcondition.

Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional view illustrating the bottom panelsupported adjacent the lower end of the body to provide a deepreceptacle.

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view illustrating the bottompanel offset to provide stepped portions and the supports providedWithin the body fashioned to support the stepped bottom panel. .A l

Fig. 8 is a fragmentaryperspective view illustrating the body ofcylindrical formation.

Fig. 9 is a horizontal sectional viewthereof.

Fig. 10 is a perspective view illustrating a modiilcation of theinvention in which the body is of tapered tubular construction.

Fig. 11 is an enlarged fragmentaryk vertical sectional viewtherethrough.

Fig. 12 is a view of the blank from which is constructed the body shownin Figs. 10 and 11.

Fig. 13 is a transverse sectional View through the body in collapsedcondition.

Fig. 14 is a fragmentary perspective view of the rear upper portion ofthe body with the bottom panel removed.

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference, A designatesgenerally the body of the knock-down article which in the presentinstance, is shown as afloor stand and which body is essentially oftubular formation, either round or angulated, the same being cut, bentand formed from a single sheet of stock with the vertical side edges 15and i16 Ijoined together in any suitable manner such as by a strip ofadhesive tape 17 so as to give to the body its tubular form. The blank,as shown in Fig. 3 is scored or folded along the broken line indicatedat 18 which line extends parallel to the end edge 19 which in thepresent instance is located at the upper end of the stand body A, thestand being designed to rest on the lower end edge 20. In the form ofthe stand disclosed, the body is of angulated tubular formation and isscored or folded along the broken lines indicated at 21, 22, 23, 24, 25,26 and 27 so that the same may be folded or collapsed from the tubularformation to a flat compact arrangement for storage and shipment.Theblank is provided with slits 28, 29 and 30 which extend inwardly fromthe upper end edge 19 and the portions of the vertical side edges 15 and16, which extend from the upper end edge 19 to the scored line 18, areleft unjoined or unconnected. This defines a plurality of flaps 3l, 32,33 and 34. Certain of the flaps, namely, the flaps 32, 33 and 34 areprovided with slots 35 which extend parallel to the free edge 19 of theblank defining the free edges of the flaps and in the present disclosuretwo of said slits are arranged in alignment and in spaced relation toeach other and formed in the flap 33. A slit 36 extends from each slot35 to the score line 18 and it will be observed that the slits 36 arelocated in alignment with certain of the vertical score or fold lines inthe present instance, the score or fold lines 22, 24, 25 and 27. It isnotable that the edges of the slits 28, 29 and 30, as Well as the slits36, converge towards the score or fold line 18 and terminate in anenlarged opening or aperture 37, the purpose of which is to cause theflaps to flatly contact within the remainder of the body when they areinturned and to avoid splitting of the stock. In this form of theinvention, score or fold lines 38 extend outwardly towards the upper endedge` 19 of the blank or free edges of the flaps from the terminals ofthe slots 35 and said score or fold lines 38 are disposed substantiallyparallel to the side edges of the flaps, while a center score or foldline 39 extends medially outward from the slot 35 and in alignment withthe slits 36. It thus follows that the inturned flaps 32, 33 and 34produce, when the body is opened from a collapsed condition to a set upcondition, supports C which are defined by the portions of the stock ofthe aps which lie between the slots 35, the free end edges 19 and thescore or fold lines 38 and 39, due to the fact that these portions areflexed or bent inwardly, as clearly illustrated in Figs. 2 and 4 of thedrawings. It is also apparent that in addition to the fact that thesupports C are completely concealed from view, the flap structuresprovide a finished end edge for the body structure A.

The floor stand also includes a bottom defining panel designatedgenerally by the reference character D which may be provided with an integral superstructure generally designated by the reference character E,as shown, or the stand may be used with a superstructure made as aseparate piece of material, or in some instances Without anysuperstructure. In any event, the bottom forming panel D is of a contourto snugly nt within the body A and bears upon the supports C. In thepresent showing, the panel D is inserted in the end having the inturnedflaps and functions to lock the flaps in their inturned position. It isalso apparent that the panel D may be inserted from the opposite end ofthe body to rest against the end edges of the flaps and the supportswhere a deep receiver is desired and which arrangement has beenillustrated in Fig. 6 of the drawings.

In the application of the invention to the floor stand field, asillustrated, the panel D will preferably be inserted and engaged withthe inturned flaps as only a shallow tray or bin is usually desiredwhich is formed in part by the panel D constituting the bottom thereofand the upper end of the body A and the inturned aps thereof. It shouldbe noted at this point that where the stock is coated or treated on onesurface, which serves as the outer surface of the body A, that the saidcoated or treated surface will also be disposed on the inner sides ofthe tray or bin due to the inturned flaps, thereby presentinguniformally iinished exposed surfaces throughout the entire structure.

The superstructure E may be variously shaped and constructed in numerousways but in Figs. 1 and 2 it is disclosed as having an area 40 formedintegral with the bottom panel D and including angularly disposed areas4l and 42 foldably connected with the area 4o and fitted within theangularly disposed areas `of the body A so as to provide a backing forthe articles within the tray or bin portion and to also have inscribedthereon advertising matter, as desired. As shown, a stepped element Gmay be used in connection with the superstructure and said element isbent to provide a vertical riser 43 and a horizontal shelf or tread 44,the former having a depending tongue 45 fitted into a keeper slot 46formed in the panel D and the latter having a rearwardly directed tongue47, which is inserted through a slot 48 in the area 40 of thesuperstructure and then bent downwardly and engaged between the rearface of the superstructure area 40 and one of the inturned flaps at theupper end of the body A.

In Fig. 7, the supports C at the front of the body are located in alower horizontal plane than the supports C2 at the rear of the body andthe bottom panel D is formed with areas 50 and 51 located in differenthorizontal planes and joined by an intermediate vertical step 52 todemonstrate how the stepped arrangement may be provided by the bottompanel and the manner in which the stepped portions thereof may besupported by the body structure A.

In Figs. 8 and 9, the body A is disclosed as of tubular cylindricalformation with the inturned flap 53 provided with circumferentiallyspaced slits 54 parallel to its edge, so as to dene portions 55 whichare buckled or bent inwardly to provide arched or angled supports for abottom panel.

In order to illustrate a Variation in the formation of the body andsuperstructure, Figs. 10 to 14 inclusive, disclose a floor stand havinga tapered body A2 which is cut from a blank, as shown in Fig. 12. Theblank has a straight upper edge 56 with a parallel horizontal score line57 spaced therefrom, to define an area thereof which is out and slittedso as Yto provide the` inturned flaps. The remainder of the body isformed with a plurality of panels designated by the reference characters58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63 and 64, the panel 58 is defined between scorelines 65 and 66 which converge downwardly from the score line 57 and thelower edge 67 of the panel 58 is disposed parallel to the upper edge 56of the blank. Score lines 68 and 69 extend from the score line 57downwardly and converge with respect to the score lines 65 and 66. Scorelines 70 and 71 extend downwardly from the score line 57 and convergedownwardly with reference to the score line 68' and 69. In this form ofthe invention, the blank is providedwithvside edges 72 and 73 which areperpendicular to the upper edge 56 of the blank and which form, in part,the side edges of the panels 61 and 64, while the remaining-side edges74 and 75 of the blank converge downwardly with reference to the scorelines and 71. The lower edges 76 and 77 of the areas 59 and 62, extendoutwardly and downwardly at an angle from the center area 58, while thelower edges 78 and 79 of the areas 60 and 63 extend outwardly anddownwardly at an angle to the edges 76 and 77 and the lower edges 80 and81 of the areas 61 and 64 extend downwardly at an angle to the loweredges 78 and 79. Asingle central flap 82 extends throughout the breadthof the upper edges of the areas 58, 59 and 62, and the said ap 82 isformed by slitting the blank inwardly from its upper edge to the scorevline 57, the slits being dened at 83 and 84 and said slits convergingupwardly. Separate aps 85, 86, 87 and 88 are provided by slits 89 and 90which extend inwardly from the upper edge 56 of the blank to the scoreline 57, the slits 89 and 90 converging upwardly with reference to theslits 83 and 84. In this form of the invention, supports are providedonly at the forward portion of the body and hence only the flap 82 isprovided with slots 91 and 92 which are disposed at an angle orinclination to the upper edge 56 of the blank with slits 93 and 94-extending from the slots 91 and 92 to the score line 57, the slits 93and 94 converging upwardly from the score line 57. From the oppositeends of the slots 91 and 92, the flap 82 is provided with score lines 95which dei-lne supporting areas 96 which are adapted to be bent intoangle formation along a central transverse score line 97. In producingthe body, the flaps 82, 85, 86, 87 and 88 are first folded inwardly andthen the side edges 74 and are joined by a tape 98 to produce a tubulartapered formation which may be collapsed as shown in Fig. 13 tofacilitate the shipping and storage of the body in a flat compactarrangement. When expanded and set up, it will be found that due to theangular relation of the lower edges 67, 76, 77, 78, 79, and 81, thelower end of the body will have its edges in a common plane to give theproper support, while the upper edges defined by the score line willextend upwardly at an inclination with the higher portion at the rear ofthe body. The straight side edges 72 and 73 of the blank will form aV-shaped notch 99, the purpose of which will be hereinafter set forth.

In this form of the invention, as in the previous forms, the bottompanel D2 may be provided with or without a superstructure although forthe purpose of this illustration, a superstructure E2 is shown which isintegral with the bottom panel D2, the upper portion being larger toprovide laterally extending shoulders 100. The bottom panel, in thisinstance, rests at its forward portion on the supporting areas 96 whichare disposed internally of the body at the forward portion thereof. Therear portion of the bottom panel D2 is wedged into the tapered bodystructure after the forward portion has rst been engaged with thesupporting areas 96. In order to augment or supplement the support bythe wedging action, the rear part of the bottom panel is suspended bythe engagement of the shoulders 100 with the upper edge of the body A2and, if desired, the support maybe further augmented or supplemented byforming the superstructure with a tongue 101 which is produced byslitting the superstructure E2 and ,this tongue vas shown in Fig. 10 isengaged within the V- shapednotch 99 with ,its side edgesinsertedbetween the inturned flaps 87 and 88.and the upperl end of the bodytorhold the notched portion .of the body from bulging orgappingoutwardly.

What is claimed is: g p k 1. In a knock-down article o f the characterset. forth, a body structure oftubular formation, `inturned flaps at oneend-of the body, certain of which flaps vhavetransverse slots definingportions scored and bent inwardly to provide-*supports lying whollywithin the body.` z t.

2. Ina knock-down article of thecharacter set forth, a-body structure oftubular formation, inturned flaps at one end of the body, certain ofwhich flaps. have transverse slots defining portions scored and bentinwardly to provide supports lying wholly within -the body, -and abottom panel conforming to the cross sectional shape of the body andfitted therein and supported by said supports. I

3. In a knock-down article of the character set forth, a` collapsiblebody structure of tubular formation, having an inturned flap atone endthereof and spaced slits extending in a direction substantially parallelto the end edge of the flap providing portions lying between the slitand said end edge which extend inwardly to Aprovide supports for a panelfitted within the body structure.

4. In a knock-down article ofthe character set forth, a tubi-form body,integral inturned aps at one end of the body having Vtransverse slitsde. ning between the free ends of the flaps and the slits, inwardlydirected supporting portions lying Wholly within the body.

5. In a knock-down article of the character set forth, a tubi-form body,integral inturned flaps at one end of the body having transverse slitsdefining between the free ends of the aps and the slits, inwardlydirected supporting portions lying wholly within the body, and a panelconforming to the cross sectional shape of the body tted therein andsupported upon the inwardly directed supporting portions.

6. In a knock-down article of the character set forth, a downwardlytapered tubi-form body, integral inturned flaps at one end of the bodyhaving transverse slits defining between the free ends of the flaps andthe slits, inwardly directed supporting portions lying wholly within thebody and a panel conforming to the cross sectional shape of the Abodywedged into the larger end thereof and resting upon the inwardlydirected supporting portions.

7. In a knock-down article of the character set forth, a downwardlytapered tubi-form body, integral inturned flaps at one end of the bodyhaving transverse slits defining between `the free ends of the flaps andthe slits, inwardly directed supporting portions lying wholly within thebody and a. panelconforming to the cross sectional shape of the bodywedged into the larger end thereof and resting upon the inwardlydirected supporting portions, and a superstructure formed integral withthe panel having outwardly offset portions engaging with the end edge ofthe body.

8. In a knock-down article of the character set forth, a downwardlytapered tubi-form body, integral inturned flaps at one end of the bodyhaving transverse slits defining between the free ends of the flaps andthe slits, inwardly directed supporting portions lying wholly within thebody and a panel conforming to the cross sectional shape of the bodywedged into the larger end thereof and resting upon the inwardlydirected supporting portions, and a superstructure formed integral withthe panel having outwardly offset portions engaging with the end edge ofthe body, said body and one of the inturned flaps dening a V-shapednotch opening through the upper edge of the body and a tongue cut andformed from the superstructure and tted into the notch between the bodyand flap.

v9. In a knock-down article of the character set forth, a body structurefashioned from a flat sheet of stock having portions of the oppositeedges thereof joined together to provide, when set up, a tubi-formstructure having inturned flaps provided withv slits disposedsubstantially parallel to the ends of the body, and defining inwardlydirected supporting portions at intervals within the body.

10. 1n a knock-down article of the character set forth, a body structurefashioned from a fiat sheet of stock,having portions of the oppositeedges thereof joined together to provide, when set up, a tubi-formstructure having inturned flaps provided with slits disposedsubstantially parallel to the ends of the body, and defining inwardlydirected supporting portions at intervals Within the body, and a bottompanel conforming to the cross sectional shape of the body and ttedtherein and supported by said supports.

11. In a knock-down article of the character set forth, a body structureof angulated tubular form, inturned flaps at one end of the body havingslits parallel to the end of the body defining portions at the cornersof the body which are scored and bent inwardly to provide supports lyingwholly within and concealed by the body structure.

12. In a knock-down article of the character set forth, a body structureof angulated tubular form, inturned flaps at one end of the body havingslits parallel to the end of the body defining portions at the cornersof the body which are scored and bent inwardly to provide supports lyingwholly within and concealed by the body structure, and a bottom panelconforming to the cross sectional shape of the body and fitted thereinand supported by said supports.

13. In a knock-down article of the character set forth, a body structurefashioned of a flat sheet of stock having portions of opposite edgesthereof joined together to provide, when set up, an angulated tubi-formstructure with inturned end flaps having slits substantially parallel tothe ends of the body which define portions Within and at the corners ofthe body, said portions being scored and directed inwardly to providesupporting means for a bottorn panel tted within the body.

14. In a knock-down article of the character set forth, a collapsiblebody structure of tubular tapered formation having an inturned ap at oneend thereof and having a slit extending in a direction substantiallyparallel to the end edge of the flap to provide a portion lying betweenthe slit and said end edge which extends inwardly to provide a supportfor a panel wedged Within the body structure.

ABRAHAM BARRON.

